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By pradlice I arrived at fuch dexterity as to citt in two, at 
one fnip of the fliears, in a very hraight line, an animal 
of this fpecies as thick as my arm. This was performed 
on the I 8th of Ocftober: before the end of the month 
new limbs appeared, of which the large ones, within the 
tufts, fliot forth long before the others. On tlie loth of 
December the animal began to eat, though its mouth was 
fcarcely formed. The upper part was ftill alive. I tied a 
hring round fome of thefe anemonies whillf they were 
confitlerably extended length-ways, and pulled the noofe 
very tight. They had the dexterity to free themfelves in 
a few hours of this troublefome ligament, by gradually 
withdrawing their upper extremity : then on meafuring 
the noofe I found it not quite hx lines in diameter. This 
fpecies is good to eat. 
Among the fea-anemonies brought me by my fiflier- 
men, I have fome reafon to think that I have difeovered a 
fifth fpecies, which feems to refide only in places from 
whence the fea feldom recedes. They appeared to me to 
be 
d’un feul coup de cifeaux et bien droit un de ces animaux gros comine le bras. 
C’etoit le i8 Oftobre; avant la fin du mois il reparut de nouveaux membres. Le^ 
gros qui font en dedans des panaches paroiffent longternps avant les autres. La 
bouche a peine formee le i6 de Decembre I’animal a mange. La partie fupe- 
rieure vivoit encore. J’ai lie de ces anemones groffes comme le bras, lorfquelles 
etoient fort allongees, et je les ai ferrees fortement; elles ont eu Tadrefle de fe' 
degager en peu d’heures d’un lien auffi incommode en depaflant peu a peu leur partie 
fuperieure. Alors j’ai mefure le diametre du noeud; il n’avoit pas fix lignes. 
Cette efpece ell bonne a manger. 
Entre les anemones de mer que m’ont apporte mes pecheurs, je crois en avoir 
decouvert une cinquieme efpece. Elle paroit refider dans les lieux que la mer ne 
decouvre jamais, Sur ce que j’en ai vu, die eft petite comme la premiere, fes 
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